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historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM171P_the-underwood-brown-adobe_Monterey-CA.html
(Two markers identify this early California Adobe.)
Built prior to 1843. Home of Underwood and Brown families from 1860-1926. This tablet dedicated to the memory of Margaret Underwood Brown, a loyal native daughter, by Junipero Parlor No. 141 N…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM171O_vasquez-adobe_Monterey-CA.html
Former family home of Tuburcio Vasquez, colorful bandit .Originally a one-story adobe.
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM171N_alvarado-adobe_Monterey-CA.html
Built in the 1830's by Juan Bautista Alvarado, first Monterey-born governor of California. Originally a three room adobe with a tule roof.
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM171M_colton-hall_Monterey-CA.html
Headquarters of California's Constitutional Convention,
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM171L_colton-hall-site-of-californias-original-constitution_Monterey-CA.html
Forty-eight men of diverse education and cultural backgrounds from throughout California converged upon Monterey in September in 1849 to frame a constitutional government for California. Working together as Californians, they created this importan…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM1712_chaplain-walter-colton-u-s-n-1787-1851_Monterey-CA.html
This hall started in 1847, completed in 1848, was named after its builder
Chaplain Walter Colton, U.S.N., 1787-1851
Congregational Minister, historian, author, and editor, who served as alcalde at Monterey from 28 July 1846 to 1 October 1848…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM1711_chestnut-tree_Monterey-CA.html
This Chestnut tree, form the lawn of the White House, was originally planted in front of Colton Hall on September 20, 1966 by First Lady, Lady Bird Johnson. It was later replanted in Friendly Plaza.
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM1710_gordon-house_Monterey-CA.html
Built in the early 1850's of lumber brought from Australia. One of the early ?milled lumber' houses in California.
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM170Z_casa-de-la-torre_Monterey-CA.html
Built for Don Jose Joaquin de la Torre, alcalde of old Monterey
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM170P_john-steinbeck-and-the-lara-soto-adobe_Monterey-CA.html
In October 1944, John Steinbeck, his second wife Gwyn, and their infant son Thom returned to Monterey. On November 10, 1944 they moved into the Lara-Soto Adobe, "a house I have wanted since I was a little kid."
Here he wrote The Pearl, a parabl…